Stand Ready: Military Health and Nutrition Examination Study
The Military Health and Nutrition Examination Study (MHANES) is a Department of Defense funded study conducted by Pennington Biomedical Research Center and the US Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine. This cross-sectional study will assess, in a large, diverse sample of Army Service Members (n=600), food and supplement intake, cardiovascular health, body composition, biomarkers of nutritional status, measures of health status, injury prevalence, mental wellbeing, gut microbiome composition, and physical performance outcomes. The proposed study is modeled after the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) and customized for the Army population.
• U.S. Army Soldiers ≥ 18 years old
• Willing to have biological samples stored for future use
• Willing to have data linked to the Soldier Performance, Health, and Readiness (SPHERE) database